A unified theory of voting : directional and proximity spatial models /

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The authors develop a unified model that incorporates voter motivations and assess its empirical predictions - for both voter choice and candidate strategy - in the US, Norway, and France. The analyses show that a combination of proximity, direction, discounting, and party ID are compatible with the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Merrill, Samuel, 1939-
Other Authors: Grofman, Bernard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Subjects:
Voting.
Social choice.
Voting > United States.
Voting > Norway.
Voting > France.
Vote.
Choix collectif.
Vote > États-Unis.
Vote > Norvège.
Vote > France.
voting.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
Social choice
Voting
Wahl
Kollektiventscheidung
Kiesgedrag.
Wiskundige modellen.
Élections > États-Unis.
Élections > France.
Élections > Norvège.
Sociologie électorale.
Sociologie électorale > Modèles mathématiques.
France
Norway
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminaries; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 Alternative Models of Issue Voting; CHAPTER 3 A Unified Model of Issue Voting: Proximity, Direction, and Intensity; CHAPTER 4 Comparing the Empirical Fit of the Directional and Proximity Models for Voter Utility Functions; CHAPTER 5 Empirical Model Fitting Using the Unified Model: Voter Utility; CHAPTER 6 Empirical Fitting of Probabilistic Models of Voter Choice in Two-Party Electorates; CHAPTER 7 Empirical Fitting of Probabilistic Models of Voter Choice in Multiparty Electorates.

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